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The Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments (HSWA) of 1984 added Subtitle I to
the - ANSWER✔✔ Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA).
Subtitle I established a national regulatory program for the control of underground
storage tank (UST) systems used to store - ANSWER✔✔ liquid petroleum or
chemicals defined as hazardous substances.
In 1985, EPA created the Office of Underground Storage Tanks to develop and
implement - ANSWER✔✔ a regulatory program for underground storage tank
(UST) systems.
UST rules went into effect in - ANSWER✔✔ 1988.
On August 8, 2005, President Bush signed the - ANSWER✔✔ Energy Policy Act
of 2005.
The Energy Policy Act of 2005 significantly affected - ANSWER✔✔ federal and
state underground storage tank programs
the Energy Policy Act require major changes to the programs, and is aimed at
reducing - ANSWER✔✔ underground storage tank releases to our environment
The UST provisions of the Energy Policy Act focus on - ANSWER✔✔ preventing
releases.
,The UST provisions of the Energy Policy Act expanded eligible uses of the -
ANSWER✔✔ Leaking Underground Storage Tank (LUST) Trust Fund.
The UST provisions of the Energy Policy Act included provisions regarding -
ANSWER✔✔ inspections, operator training, delivery prohibition, secondary
containment and financial responsibility, and cleanup of releases that contain
oxygenated fuel additives.
There are approximately 575,000 underground storage tanks (USTs) nationwide
that - ANSWER✔✔ store petroleum or hazardous substances.
The greatest potential threat from a leaking UST is contamination of groundwater,
the source of drinking water for - ANSWER✔✔ nearly half of all Americans.
The underground storage tank program is primarily implemented by -
ANSWER✔✔ states and territories.
First point of contact is the state regulatory agency that has jurisdiction where the
USTs are - ANSWER✔✔ physically located.
In Ohio, petroleum UST program is administered by - ANSWER✔✔ the State Fire
Marshal - Bureau of Underground Storage Tank Regulations (SFM-BUSTR)
USTs containing hazardous substances other than petroleum are regulated under -
ANSWER✔✔ the Ohio EPA.
, An underground storage tank system is a tank and any underground piping
connected to the tank that has at - ANSWER✔✔ least 10 percent of its combined
volume underground.
The federal UST regulations apply to only underground tanks and piping storing
either - ANSWER✔✔ petroleum or certain hazardous substances.
The U.S. EPA designed part of the technical regulations for underground storage
tank (UST) systems to prevent - ANSWER✔✔ releases from USTs.
The regulations require owners and operators to properly install UST systems and
protect their USTs from - ANSWER✔✔ spills, overfills, and corrosion and require
correct filling practices to be followed.
In addition, owners and operators must report the existence of - ANSWER✔✔ new
UST systems, suspected releases, UST system closures, and keep records of
operation and maintenance.
What is Spill Protection? - ANSWER✔✔ Containment around the fill pipe that
catches small drips or spills that occur when the delivery hose is disconnected from
the fill pipe.
This containment is typically called a - ANSWER✔✔ spill bucket or catchment
basin.
The spill bucket should be large enough to contain what - ANSWER✔✔ may spill
when the delivery hose is uncoupled from the fill pipe.
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